Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-05
HOW NEW YORK BELD THREE QUEENS.


now. Two Of them base their fame entirely upon
notor1ety and newspaper comment. The third
owes all her eminence and celebrity to her art It
dominates everything else. She has been four
times married, and has beef the heroine OF many
sensational epiSooes encounters, and anecdotes
but the brlliancy, cIeyerness. and genius OF ElleL
Terry We dwArfed all other factors in her fame
and she IS known as an actress pure and simple
abroad as does his charming partner and colleague
PeOpe stare with m re or interest at the long,
when MISS Terry comes along they stop and follow
her as far as the eye can reach. They dwen on
her beautiful and mobile face with something akin
to affection. She Is not success OF curiosity nor
an object OF newspaper talk To-day wnen the
English actress stopped 70 gaze Into shop WIN
rounded by q crowd OF eager observers. But they
stood some distance aloof from her, and were re-
spectrul and admiring. When she walked toward
dozen hands were outstierc TO open her car
Il was very differ mt from the attention that is
ventures abroad she is on parade Men stare at
her, and women crowd close around. They cluster
around the stage door, so that she has to push her
way through them. Pouteness 10 not apparent In
such thronga 1t seems TO be universally felt that
q notorious parsonage Is abroad, and that Il Is
every mans right to stare and jostie to the limit
LANGTRY THE sUNRLowER.
Langtry is too big, too broad TOO masculine for
the taste to-day. The public wants its favorttes
lean. Bernhardt has reversed the fashion. Robust
beauties are shelved. Miss Terry, like Bernhard,
der the same category, being BY far the more
girish and shapely OF all the famous women. The
Langtry is no longer the lily; she Ia q sunnower-
between her and Mrs Potter that there Is between
the modest violet and the sturdy thistle Mra
LAnytry acts with the force Of q robust and mus
determined She has fought her 6atsie Wei, and and
great wealth and with prosperous ruture stiii be-
lore her. But she IL no longer queen.
The Langtry boom Is at an end. She has held
Of the world. London took her up first but grew
tired OF her when she returned to the English
Two ,y sarS ago Then abe came back
try was bit posse. The sbrewdest and best
Judges OF such matters, the New York theatrical
sssr. such men as Abbey, Gilmore, and sssesoS.
effort to secure Nina Potter's services long before
sonai stage. Finally she took the plunge, and the
contest b tween the rival managers grew more
rapid than ever: Just at the most critical period
OF MIA Langtry's career, before she has become
really capable actress, and when her fame as q
beauty IL beginning to dim, Mra Potter comes
rival Is complete. Potter has appeared. she u
beautiful graceful, and suave. She does not
know how 70 act, put then what has that 20 DO
MIRA ro1TRRs DEBur.
Society was on hand at Mrs. Potters debut and
It applauded. II was not particularly impressed.
It never is It simply smiled ana patronfzed its
former leader In . gentle and well-bred manner
when the play grew tragic, society smiled its
borcdom cafelessly away and chatped without the
slightest regard for the very small section Of the
audience that cared TO follow the intricate and
monstrOus absurdfties OF the drama TIA Potter
gowns were stunning. and the Potter was 70
bhe has refinement and It b genu1ne. The play In
which she appeared Is ghasaly In is1 abs1rufties
and ttresome In its talkiness. But all these things
wero overlooked by throng OF the representative
people OF New York, who recognized an ambitious
WOnnan's EFFORT 20 achieve fAnne and fortune and
sppiahded her on her way, because she had or
many year. amused society without thought OF
Si0n than smiles ana compdmentx. MA Potter y
today e. good an actreD a MA Langtry, and I'm
neaSurabIy better than MA lAngtxy wa WHEN
sne frse appeared on the New York etage. INA
70 b surs. Il not saying much blAkELT HAIL.